Whats going on betweenBlake Livelyand Justin Baldoni is a feud between PR firms.

My clients have a right to defend themselves … that is in no way abusing the victim.

It is in no way a trade secret, he said.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni

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That involved actual trade secrets and thePulp Fictionscreenplay, an annoyed Freedman countered, a very different matter.

There is a public interest in how the courts are being used that the court has to respect.

Baldonis lawyer unsurprisingly rejected the claim, stressing that any AEO is simply unnecessary in his POV.

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To that, a lawyer for theNYTwas at todays hearing.

That bang out of provision is standard civil cases, including in litigation in whichBryan Freedmanappeared as counsel.

As the judge said, all about the PR firms.